Calculus for the Life Sciences

Name: Calculus for the Life Sciences
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ISBN: 9780321279354

ISBN-10: 0321279352

ISBN-13: 9780321279354

Edition: 2006

Authors: Marvin Bittinger, Neal Brand, John Quintanilla

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Based on the best-sellingCalculus and Its Applicationsby Marv Bittinger, this new text is appropriate for a two-semester calculus course for life science majors. Withnbsp;four new chapters and two new co-authors,Calculus for the Life Sciencescontinues the Bittinger reputation as one of the most student-oriented and clearly written Applied Calculus texts available. The exercises and examples have been substantially updated to include additional relevant life science applications and current topics.

Book details

List price: $266.65
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 10/18/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 832
Size: 8.30" wide x 10.30" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.850
Language: English




Functions and Graphs



Slope and Linear Functions



Polynomial Functions



Rational and Radical Functions



Trigonometric Functions



Trigonometric Functions and the Unit Circle


Summary and Review Test


Extended Life Science Connection: Carbon Dioxide Concentrations



Differentiation



Limits and Continuity: Numerically and Graphically



Limits: Algebraically



Average Rates of Change



Differentiation Using Limits of Difference Quotients



Differentiation Techniques: Introduction



Instantaneous Rates of Change



Differentiation Techniques: The Product and Quotient Rules



The Chain Rule



Higher-Order Derivatives


Summary and Review


Test


Extended Life Science Connection: Rate of Epidemic Spread: SARS



Applications of Differentiation



Using the First Derivatives to Find Maximum and Minimum Values and Sketch Graphs



Using Second Derivatives to Find Maximum and Minimum Values and Sketch Graphs



Graph Sketching: Asymptotes and Rational Functions



Using Derivatives to Find Absolute Maximum and Minimum Values



Maximum-Minimum Problems



Approximation Techniques



Implicit Differentiation of Related Rates


Summary and Review Test


Extended Life Science Connection: Polymorphism



Exponential and Logarithmic Functions



Exponential Functions



Logarithmic Functions



Applications: The Uninhibited Growth Model